Accelerated television advertisement identification

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

• compare first identification information and first timing information obtained from a first monitored data feed with second identification information and second timing information in a second monitored data feed to identify a first final distributor code represented in the second monitoring data feed, the first identification information and the first timing information corresponding to a first commercial represented in the first monitored data feed;
• access data that maps a first original distributor code to the first final distributor code;
• identify the first commercial in lineup data based on the first original distributor code;
• and
• adjust, based on a duration of the first commercial, a duration obtained for a first media program listed in the lineup data.

A commercial crediting method comprising:

• comparing, by executing an instruction with a processor, first identification information and first timing information obtained from a first monitored data feed with second identification information and second timing information in a second monitored data feed to identify a first final distributor code represented in the second monitoring data feed, the first identification information and the first timing information corresponding to a first commercial represented in the first monitored data feed;
• accessing, by executing an instruction with the processor, data that maps a first original distributor code to the first final distributor code;
• identifying, by executing an instruction with the processor, the first commercial in lineup data based on the first original distributor code;
• and
• adjusting, by executing an instruction with the processor and based on a duration of the first commercial, a duration obtained for a first media program listed in the lineup data.